Improvement in inside soles for boots and shoes



. itinittfl giant WILLIAM E. PRA LL, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF'GOLUMBIA.

Letters Patent No. 107,537, datedfleptenzber 20, 1870.

' IMPROVEMENT IN INSIDE SDI-ES" POR- BOOTS AND SHOES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and ma'king 'part of the same.

I, WILLIAM E. PRALL, of Washington, District of Columbia, have invented certain Improvements .in In side Soles for Boots and Shoes, of which the following is n specification.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction of inside soles for boots andshoes, by quilting feathers between two pieces of cloth, or other materials, or by otherwise fastening the material so as to form a sackwhich will confine the feathers to theirproper place. The stitching through the feathers has the efl'ect'to stiffen the sole, also, which prevents it from folding under the foot.

- .Soles constructed in this manner, and of this matescribed.

rial, are light, soft, and elastic, also a. most'perfect Oil-cloth may he used for the under 7 non-conductor.

side.

I claim as myinvention- The construction ofinside soles for boots and shoes, by qnilting'or otherwise fastening feathers between material which will confine them, as shown and (le .WM. E. PRALE.

Witnesses:

H. S. MILLER, J. 0. \VILDMAK. 

